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As former Time editor and reporter Taber shows in this crisp, well-documented history, lust for gold was integral to Hitler's military ambitions...A chilling tale vividly told. -- Kirkus Reviews An absorbing examination of an important and rarely covered episode in WWII. -- Booklist If a crazed ideology motivated the Nazis in their drive for European hegemony, gold was the instrument that Hitler needed to make his dreams a reality. Independent scholar Taber provides a detailed account of the German economists-some committed Nazis and others merely technocrats-who helped Hitler obtain the reserves he needed...Relates the account of World War II from the perspective of gold, something that will attract a variety of readers. -- Library Journal Former Time magazine staffer Taber reveals one of WWII's darkest secrets in this compulsively readable, real-life thriller of how the Nazis funded their war machine...Those with an interest in war crimes will relish Taber's masterful reportage and the unearthing of these wartime treasures. -- Publishers Weekly A sprightly and definitive account. -- Newsweek A vivid, robust story. -- Entertainment Weekly Engrossing. -- New York Times

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George M. Taber is the author of the bestseller Judgment of Paris, which recounts the story of the famous 1976 event when unknown California wines defeated top French ones. Taber's second book, To Cork or Not to Cork, won the Jane Grigson Award and was a finalist for the James Beard Award. Before turning to writing books, Taber was a reporter and editor with Time magazine for twenty-one years, based in Bonn, Paris, Houston, and New York. Robertson Dean has played leading roles on and off Broadway and at dozens of regional theaters throughout the country. He has a BA from Tufts University and an MFA from Yale. His audiobook narration has garnered ten AudioFile Earphones Awards. He now lives in Los Angeles, where he works in film and television in addition to narrating.

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